{"id":2218,"date":"2024-05-04T20:44:16","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T20:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/niger-delta-ex-agitators-endorses-otuaro-as-amnesty-administrator-says-his-appointment-is-a-round-peg-in-a-round-hole\/"},"modified":"2024-05-04T20:44:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T20:44:16","slug":"niger-delta-ex-agitators-endorses-otuaro-as-amnesty-administrator-says-his-appointment-is-a-round-peg-in-a-round-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/05\/04\/niger-delta-ex-agitators-endorses-otuaro-as-amnesty-administrator-says-his-appointment-is-a-round-peg-in-a-round-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Niger Delta Ex-Agitators Endorses Otuaro As Amnesty Administrator, Says His Appointment Is A Round Peg In A Round Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Freeborn Abraye<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leadership of the Niger Delta Ex-Agitator Phase 1 has expressed its gratitude to the President Bola Amed Tinubu, for appointing Chief Dennis Brutu Otuaro, PhD, popularly known as Owelle of Niger Delta as Administrator of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) to address the underlying causes of conflict in the Niger Delta and to guide the PAP towards enhanced efficacy and influence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Toriomo Yerindideke Excel, widely known as Leader Excel, \u201cWe have known Chief Otuaro to be an achiever and a man of integrity, we believe strongly that Chief Otuaro is going to deliver the mandates of the office because he has never disappointed his constituency even those who cross his path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe is a deep rooted grassroot man whose track records as the leader of Students\u2019 union, has been promoting peace and tranquility to thrive in the Niger Delta\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChief Dennis Otuaro\u2019s appointment as the administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme has a significant turning point for the Niger Delta and its former agitators. With Otuaro at the helm of affair of PAP, it is a beginning of a new era in the region, progress and development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excel also said his group attention has been drawn to a publication by a faceless group calling for appointment of a card carrying member of the ruling party APC, he noted that \u201cthe Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, is not a political party, it was established through the emancipation of arm struggle that grossly caused low production of crude oil which affected the economy of our dear nation Nigeria, and thereby resulted to Multinational companies, IOC\u2019s leaving Nigeria! The government actually came up with options on how to handle the situations being a critical issue that needed urgent attention and has to be addressed. we know ourselves does of us who were in the river before the implementation of the programme and we know the reasons why the programme was established, political parties or been an owner of a party card was never the reason\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Excel further said that \u201cthere was no organisation that actually supported us before PAP came up, the mechanism of Niger Delta Development, I believe has objectives and purpose, it wasn\u2019t because of political party\u2019s interest, it all basically how the Niger Delta region will gain her peace and development that will attract investors to the region, and for us as people to have a conducive environment to live, for clarity sake theses are the people who signed the Niger Delta Development mechanism with the Federal Government. Admiral. Peter Ebhalemen. CFR., Brig. Gen. Cletus Emein, Prof. (Mrs) Ayebaemi I. Spiff, Hon. D. I. Kekemeke, Chief, Timi Alaibe, Chief, Charles uwensuyi Edosomusan, Hon. Nduese Essien, Mr, Ledum Mitee (Chairman), Obongawan Grace Ekong, Prof. Richard King, Dr. Kalu Iduka Kalu. (OFR), Chief, Isaac Jemide, Col. Paul Edor Obi (Rtd), Prince Tonye T.J.T. princewil, Prof. Omar Fume onoge, Mr, Ombrai Oguoko, Dr, Youpele Banigo, Godsill Ihetu, Mr Atei Beredugo, Abom Tony Esu, Dr. Sam Amadi, Abel Dafiaghor, Prof. Augustine A. Ikein.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAbove are fathers and mothers who signed mechanism of the Niger delta development, with the federal government in 2008 and there is no paragraph captured that organisation, or a specific or particular political party will produce administrator for the presidential amnesty program. Get it right that the appointment of Chief, Dr. Dennis Otuaro. PhD. Is a long awaited answer to our prayers, for the president to have deem it fit to appoint one among us whose has sound Knowledge of the the reason of the arm struggle which gave birth to the establishment of the armnesty program\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source: Lagos Times News<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Freeborn Abraye The leadership of the Niger Delta Ex-Agitator Phase 1 has expressed its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,14,15],"tags":[439,440],"class_list":["post-2218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-opinion","category-politics","tag-niger-delta-ex-agitators-endorses-otuaro-as-amnesty-administrator","tag-says-his-appointment-is-a-round-peg-in-a-round-hole"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3525,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/02\/27\/pap-enough-is-enough-says-niger-delta-ex-agitators-as-they-vows-to-protect-otuaro-and-his-mandate-to-reform-the-amnesty-programme\/","url_meta":{"origin":2218,"position":0},"title":"PAP: \u201cEnough Is Enough\u201d Says Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, As They Vows To Protect Otuaro And His Mandate To Reform The Amnesty Programme","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"February 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Freeborn Abraye A group of ex-agitators in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, under the umbrella body of the Coalition of Phase 1 Ex-Militant Leaders, has sent a strong message of warning to certain unguided elements in the region to desist from further incessant attacks against the Administrator of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4592,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/amnesty-edo-based-ex-niger-delta-agitators-commends-dr-otuaro-on-successful-leadership-training-urges-other-ex-agitators-stakeholders-to-support-him\/","url_meta":{"origin":2218,"position":1},"title":"AMNESTY: Edo Based Ex-Niger Delta Agitators Commends Dr. Otuaro On Successful Leadership Training, Urges Other Ex-Agitators, Stakeholders To Support Him","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"August 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Freeborn Abraye BENIN CITY \u2013 THE leadership of Niger Delta Ex-militant Forum Edo State chapter on Wednesday commended the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Chief Dennis Otuaro on his sustaining of the amnesty programme and continuous training of former militants. 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